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Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)
03.10.2009 9:51   62 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, Michelle, Tokyo, Center, International, Summit, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Michelle Obama, Janeiro


U.S. President Barack Obama kisses his wife the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama after she made an address during the Chicago 2016 bid presentation at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)AP - The country's president was blunt. "It is," Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Brazil's time."


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Rio de Janeiro wins out as host of 2016 Olympics
03.10.2009 9:41   34 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, South, Rogen, America, South America, Tech, International, Summit, Brazil, Chicago, Copenhagen, Olympic, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro


Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Swaying International Olympic Committee votes with the argument that South America has never hosted an Olympic games before, Brazil's sun-drenched Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics, holding out against last-minute lobbying by President Barack Obama for his adopted home city of Chicago. Tens of thousands of ecstatic Brazilians, crowded along the city's famed Copacabana beach, erupted in cheers and dancing when the news was announced shortly before 1 p.m. local time, even as crowds in Chicago and the other defeated cities, Madrid and Tokyo, trudged home in disappointment. The announcement by IOC President Jacques Rogge in Copenhagen came...

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Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too (AP)
03.10.2009 9:13   81 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, Games, Michelle, Tokyo, Summit, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Michelle Obama, Janeiro, Olympic Games


U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave the stage after they made a presentation in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Copenhagen. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday, Oct. 2, in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)AP - OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman.


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Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs (AP)
03.10.2009 7:59   57 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Republican, Health, Senate, Chicago


In this photo taken Sept. 30, 2009, Chicago businessman Stewart Grill, 75, poses in his downtown condominium. The congressional plans for health care overhaul could mean a major restructuring of Medicare. What many seniors want to know, including Grill, is this: Can lawmakers pull this off without reducing benefits? (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday.


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Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs (AP)
03.10.2009 7:59   59 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Republican, Health, Senate, Chicago


In this photo taken Sept. 30, 2009, Chicago businessman Stewart Grill, 75, poses in his downtown condominium. The congressional plans for health care overhaul could mean a major restructuring of Medicare. What many seniors want to know, including Grill, is this: Can lawmakers pull this off without reducing benefits? (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday.


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